Southernmost record of Elops smithi in the Southwest Atlantic. A tropical species in waters of Patagonia, Argentina

NELSON BOVCON; COCHIA PABLO DANIEL ; TROBBIANI, GASTÓN A.; MAURO BELLEGGIA ; JACOBI KEVIN J; DE WYSIECKI, AGUSTÍN M.; FIGUEROA DANIEL E; ALEJO J. IRIGOYEN

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

John Wiley and Sons Inc

Año: 2022 vol. 38 p. 320 - 324

The presence of ladyfish Elops smithi in Patagonian waters is a new addition to the ichthyological fauna of the Argentinean Sea. This record represents a southward ex-tension of its known distribution by 8 degrees of latitude, ~1500 km. It is another ex-ample of the more frequent arrival of tropical or subtropical fish species to Patagonian waters.